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The Reichenbach Case – Industrial Espionage at Boulton & Watt: https://t.co/Z7C56FwcM7
#18thcentury
Eccentric London dentist Martin Van Butchell rode his purple painted pony in Hyde Park on Sundays and displayed his embalmed wife in his surgery. Find out why at https://t.co/viU76fsKxo #LibraryBlog #18thC #18thcentury
A great curse and a great article title:
"Pox on Both Your Houses: The Battle of the Romeos"
by Leslie Ritchie (ECF 27.3-4 (2015)
https://t.co/WAbFljPz6b
#readecf #18thcentury
Life at Sea in the Royal Navy of the 18th Century https://t.co/0SZuSEnbxn via @BBC #History #18thcentury #RoyalNavy
Watercolor created in 1790 by George Moutard Woodward that is titled "Preperations for a New Comedy" or "A Green Room in Town." @V_and_A #18thcentury #arthistory #watercolor
Born #OnThisDay 1717 David Garrick, actor & impresario, a key figure in reviving interest in the plays of #Shakespeare
#twitterstorians
#18thcentury
The ECF archive is stuffed with fascinating #MondayMemories
A curated special issue takes the guess-work out of searching.
The virtual issue on Propaganda is a sure thing:
https://t.co/fgP7Jr2pOj
#readecf #18thcentury
Today is Family Day in Ontario, so the ECF office is closed.
RT @joannemajor3: On All Things #Georgian we take a look at the Isherwoods, an #18thcentury brewing family from #Windsor.
https://t.co/mLJI9nYkea
11 Facts About Marie Antoinette You May Not Know https://t.co/fE3NlyOi56 #marieantoinette #wwwblogs #18thcentury
“Thank you... I thought it might be too much...?”
Was there such a thing as ‘too much’ for the eighteenth century gentleman when it came to choosing an impressive outfit?
Find out at our next lecture Tue 19th Feb @TheArtsSociety_ #18thcentury #georgian #fashionhistory #arts
While #18thcentury authors didn't describe a low mood as "the blues," they did write about melancholy:
At Seventeen: Adolescence in Sense and Sensibility
by Shawn Lisa Maurer
https://t.co/ABi6u4BUhQ
ECF 25.4 (2013)
#mondayblues
#readecf #austen #janeausten
On All Things #Georgian we take a look at the Isherwoods, an #18thcentury brewing family from #Windsor.
https://t.co/SxcwFbKTfW
I spy with my lil’👁@gardinermuseum: a spoiled pup (Danish,1780), a smug cat (St-Cloud,1745) & a ravenous rabbit (Chelsea,1775-76)🐕🐇🐈Charmed by the tenderness in the 1st figure: so relatable bc I once had to carry my golden retriever around when it was a puppy #ceramics #18thc
Getting another #traveltuesday post in under the wire:
"The Vehicle of the Soul: Motion and Emotion in Vehicular It-Narratives"
by Sara Landreth
https://t.co/8p5OOreH3c
ECF 26.1, 2013
#readecf #18thcentury
Detecting the Villainous in Georgian London https://t.co/3CQLKXiM6X #georgianera #18thcentury #FridayReads
From the archives of All Things Georgian, 'The story of a domesticated tiger' https://t.co/aPinRdAPLC #18thcentury
Currently battling some of the challenges of #18thcentury phonetic spellings & impenetrable nicknames. Lady Bristol referred to Lord Bathurst as Batters which is clear enough but the duke of Richmond had a friend known only as Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha which is a tougher nut to crack